Platinum-Selling Jazz Rockers Squirrel Nut Zippers Announce Christmas Caravan 2022 Tour!
The Squirrel Nut Zippers return to the west coast this December with their joyous, raucous Christmas Caravan tour. Performing songs from [...]
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Next week: Hot Half Dozen of Live Mexican Music: Juan Castañón will be there
Looks like Mexican guitarist Juan Castañon will top my Half Hot Dozen of live Mexican bands for the Summer [...]
Louise Cappi Returns Home Post-Ida To Release “Hope” Album
The chart-topping vocalist was evacuated from her New Orleans home prior to Hurricane Ida’s landfall. Her new album is out on September 10th. I want to give people strong [...]
Louise Cappi Delivers Tasty Jazz Treat With “Hope” Album
New Orleans Jazz singer/songwriter Louise Cappi is preparing to launch her second full-length release this fall, Hope. Utilizing her experience as a resident of Mahogany Jazz [...]
Will big band jazz take root with audiences in Mexico? This one will.
Local big band reaches out to the Mexican community and it works [...]
Alberto Tarin releases latest album ‘Lovers Room’
Warm, bright and brimming with musical intelligence, this release perfectly showcases Tarin‘s abilities crafting beautiful and memorable tracks. Utilising Spanish [...]
EP Review: HeIsTheArtist “Roots”
Relaxing, calming and peaceful – HeIsTheArtists’ new ‘Roots’ EP is the perfect occasion for some downtime, meditation and cleansing of the soul. Free of clutter and [...]
Burgers, beer, tequila and world class jazz. What more could you want?
Burgers, beer, tequila and world class jazz. What more could you want? [...]
EP Review: HeIsTheArtist “Adam & Eve”
The artist LeeMann Bassey aka HeIsTheArtist reappears on the music scene in 2020 with a new EP called Adam & Eve. The production will be released on August 28th, and [...]
“Live”: immerse yourself in pure Irene Diaz.
If you have not listened to Irene Diaz’s new EP, Live, released in May, you should. Give it a spin even if you are a fan and know all the [...]
Review: “The Cuban”: a film driven by music and how it affects brains and lives.
JUST ANNOUNCED: streaming site for viewing – https://thecubanmovie.com/showtimes In 2006 McGill University neuroscientist/musician/producer Daniel J. Levitin published [...]
Nancy Sanchez’ “La Gran Civilización”: a musical tour de forcé unstoppable in any language.
Nancy Sanchez is imparable – unstoppable, because she nunca parable – never stops. This persistence, celebrated in “Imparable” on her latest album La Gran [...]
“What It Sounds”, the new Jazz album by Sight By Sound
The Sight By Sound project was born in 2016, during a jam session in Philadelphia. The two composers Doug Travis and Santo Florelli, who were already collaborating, in [...]
Grammy Nominee Multi-Instrumentalist, MASA TAKUMI, Hosts First Live Music Event in U.S.
Masa Takumi It’s every musician’s dream to bring their live art to the United States… I want to thank the Village Studios for having me, as well as the incredibly [...]
A Guadalajara adventure in experimental jazz
When Juan Castañón, the electric guitar player for the D/zazter band, said I could ride into Guadalajara for the band’s gig at the Chango Vudú Club, I jumped at it. [...]
Gerry Lopez and Trialogo at the Auditoria: music so good it made a jazz convert out of me
I have not been much a jazz fan, although there is so much good jazz here in Mexico. Last night I became a jazz fan. I was treated to world-class [...]
Where the music starts in Mexico.
I went to three gigs this week in Ajijic, Mexico: a rock band at El Barco, a jazz combo at Casa Domenech, and the street at night. I saw where [...]
“Life, Love, and Longevity”. Stephanie Spruill at Feinstein’s at Vitello’s
“Life, Love, and Longevity”, Stephanie Spruill informs the audience from the stage at Feinstein’s at Vitello’s about her secret to success. She was kicking off one [...]
Jazz surprise at my neighborhood bar.
You never know what you will find at your local bar - or who [...]
The Strands at the Trip: luminescent London fog and golden gaslamp lyrics.
One of LA's most underrated bands. They are jazz, but much more - they actually do defy genres [...]